State ex rel. Hollins v. Pritchett

Relator Roberta Hollins (Hollins) filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis against Con-way Freight, Inc. and Kevin Beer (hereinafter referred to collectively as Defendants and individually as Con-way and Beer). Hollins sought damages for alleged employment discrimination pursuant to the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA), §§ 213.010-.137.1 The upshot of the petition was that Beer, whose office was located in the City of St. Louis, told his subordinate, Kenneth Gaff-ney (Gaffney), not to hire Hollins because of her race. At Defendants’ request, the trial court found that…